La Junta Elks awards $2K in scholarships to area seniors

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Jan 2, 2013 at 5:00 PM

La Junta Elks Lodge #701 has awarded four area seniors $500 scholarships for the 2013-14 academic school year.

La Junta Elks Lodge #701 has awarded four area seniors $500 scholarships for the 2013-14 academic school year. Two students received $500 scholarships to the school of their choice and two received $500 scholarships to attend Otero Junior College. Recipients were chosen from applications students submitted for the “Most Valuable Student Scholarship” offered each year by the Elks National Foundation.

The 2013-14 recipients of the local lodge scholarships to the school of their choice include: Bryan Denton and Lauren Ritter from Swink High School. The students receiving local lodge scholarships to Otero Junior College include: Sierra Frentress from La Junta High School and Sarah Tatum from Swink High School.